Wave 5 Skylanders Giants Loom on Horizon

With all the Skylanders Swap Force news taking the headlines it’s easy to forget that there are still more figures to arrive for Skylanders Giants. My kids are still putting a lot of hours into upgrading the figures and working through their various challenges — although Player vs Player modes are still not that popular for some reason.

Now they have pawed over the various Skylanders Swap Force figures and videos, it will be interesting to see whether they have as much appetite for the remaining Giants characters. Although the jury is still out for the boys, my daughter is keen on female Giant Ninjini — particularly as she has picked up on the fact that the Swap Force figures seem to be mainly male what with potentially tricky conundrum of mixed gender figures for Activision.

Checking back through my lists the following Skylanders are still to be given a public release, although some have sneaked out in drips and drabs. My advice is don’t be tempted by these figures on eBay as their value will soon plummet when they receive their proper release. Whether Wave 5 will be the final set remains to be seen — with the amount of time before Swap Force it’s likely that we will see them arrive in two final waves:

I’m sure there will also be a few more surprise releases to cover the months between Easter and Autumn, when Swap Force seems likely to emerge. What my kids would like to see are more Adventure Packs for Giants, like we had for Spyro’s Adventure.

In the meantime they are also getting a lot of mileage out of the iOS versions, particularly when staying with grandparents. The ability to take these characters with them is still a strong proposition. But again this close connection with a particular figure may work against the release of further reposed toys in both Giants and Swap Force. In fact my kids have mostly opted to stick with their original Spyro’s Adventure figures rather than setting them aside and buying a Series 2. That being said it looks like the appeal of Zap Series 2 will be too much for my youngest who has a Jam Jar (labelled “Zap Money”) where he is amassing funds for its release.

Andy is a father of three young children and produces the Family Gamer TV show and runs the Family Gamer Awards. He also runs the alternative videogame review community at Game People.